Lullaby (2022) Movie Script
1
(crickets chirping)
(deep tense music)
(dogs barking
in distance)
(slow eerie music)
- [Vivian]
Don't worry, Zach.
(slow mysterious
lullaby music)
(Zach coos)
See, Zach,
everything's okay.
Yeah.
(slow mysterious music)
Sh, sh-sh.
(glass shatters)
Aaron?
(glass shatters)
- [Aaron]
Almost done.
(slow mysterious music)
(creature growls)
(slashing)
(Zach squeals, cries)
(mirror shatters)
(haunting music)
- Zach?
(gasps)
Oh, god.
No! (sobbing)
No! (screaming)
(gentle mysterious
lullaby music)
(creaking)
(Papo cooing)
- [John] Opa.
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
Hey.
- [Rachel] There it is,
my little prince,
it's your kingdom.
Here we go.
(gentle inspiring music)
Hey, buddy,
this is your room.
Hm.
(Eli cooing)
Yeah, these are all
your new friends.
You gonna say,
"Hello, jaguar.
Hello,
alligator.
Hello,
giraffe."
Oy.
Asleep.
- You ever have one
of those moments,
just like
you imagined it?
(knocking at door)
- This little kid sleeps
through anything.
(chuckles)
(cooing)
- Hi, uh,
Schoenberg?
- It's Guerrero.
Ah, yeah.
It's my mother-in-law,
that explains it.
Schoenberg's my wife's
maiden name. I can sign.
- Yeah, sure.
- Yeah.
- There you go.
- Great. Thank you.
- Oh.
All right.
Hey, Papo,
wanna say hi to baby Eli?
Hey, Papo,
look.
It's your
little brother.
Yeah.
That's Eli.
We gotta look
after him, yeah.
- It was
my sister's stuff.
- Toys that, uh,
belonged
to a baby who...
- Who died.
- I'm not superstitious,
I'm just saying.
You know,
what happened to her son,
and the whole accident
with her husband.
(Papo squawks)
(Eli cries)
What happened?
Papo scare you, huh?
Oh, come on, let's get you
over here, put you down.
Okay?
Yeah.
(Eli cooing)
(ticking clock
echoes)
Papo's a friend, Eli.
It's okay.
(Eli coos)
Yeah, it's all right,
buddy.
(book creaks)
(ticking clock
slows down)
- Got your ear.
- Oh, my god.
- And I
got your nose.
- Look at this.
It's got
writing on it.
It's got music.
It's Hebrew.
All right, Hebrew school,
let's put you to work.
(John chuckles)
- Got jokes, all right.
- Yeah, come on.
See what you got.
- Um...
(John speaks Hebrew)
It's like a prayer,
but not.
Hm.
Hang on, I got-I got
something for that.
(Papo squawking)
- That's good.
You need
a cheat sheet.
See, you probably don't
even speak Hebrew.
I think I need to
call my mother.
- Wow, wow, I mean, I think
what you mean to say is
thank you, my love, for getting
my mother off our backs
and proving your undying love
for me and Judaism
by converting,
maybe?
- Thank you, my love.
- Mm-hm.
- What was it again?
- Mm-hm.
Ah, look,
here it is.
It's a zemer.
Yeah.
- Right.
(clears throat)
It's a zemer.
- Mm-hm, zemer, it's like
a hymn, a religious song,
also like a lullaby.
It's actually
beautiful.
- It's classic Vivian.
- Can you make out
the tune?
- Um...
(Rachel vocalizing)
(telephone rings)
Okay, we don't need
a lullaby.
(telephone rings)
Hello.
Thank you.
Yeah, he came out so cute,
the little munchkin.
I can't even
tell you,
he's like
a perfect little souffl.
Um, hey,
so, right...
Where are we on
reservations?
(gentle somber music)
You think this
is too easy?
- We got this.
- You know, I bet I won't
even need the full month.
(Eli crying)
- Oh.
(Eli crying)
(car horns honk)
(Eli crying)
- Please, Eli,
just work it out.
- Okay, I'll take him
so you can, uh, get ready.
Come on,
buddy.
I'm, oh, let me
get this first.
- I know. I know.
- There we go.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, okay.
All right now.
(Eli crying)
- Yeah.
- I can't do this.
I can't-- Look at me,
I'm a freaking mess.
I can't, I can't,
I can't go in like this.
I've had, what,
45 minutes sleep this week?
- Okay, all right.
- I can't, I can't do it.
- How can
I help?
- I don't know.
The restaurant was also my baby.
(Eli fussing)
I just feel like it's
slipping through my fingers.
(Eli fussing)
- Okay.
(Eli coughing)
Okay. Okay.
Up, up.
- Oh.
- Up, up, up.
- Hey.
- Rach, love,
I saw you build
that restaurant, okay?
- Yeah.
- It's not
going anywhere, okay?
- I know.
- You're amazing.
- Well, I'm amazing at that
'cause I know how to do it.
I just, I don't
know how to do this
and that
at the same time.
(Eli fussing)
- I have no doubt.
(Rachel sighs)
Oh.
Okay, look, um,
I'll call the gallery.
I'll tell the guys,
oh, you got my--
did you get
my nose now?
I'll let them know
that I'm gonna stay home.
- I'm not even gonna--
- It'll be me and you.
- No. No.
- Yeah, me and Eli.
- No, no,
you can't.
This is your biggest
exhibition ever, baby.
- Oh.
(Eli cries)
- You gotta go
to the gallery
and make sure your
psychedelic chicken is on point.
- It's a phoenix.
- Well, you know,
at least one of us
can rise from the ashes.
(John chuckles)
I'm gonna
stay with you.
- We're gonna work it out.
- Yeah? You sure?
- I got pretty close to getting
out the door today, buddy.
- You did. You certainly did.
- I did. I got close.
- I did.
- You'll need that.
- We're gonna
work it out, buddy.
Get outta here. Get out
before it's too late.
- Okay.
- Hi.
- All right, we a team,
we a team, we a team.
- We a team, we a team.
Yeah, we totally a team.
We got it.
Oh, god.
(Eli crying)
Yeah.
I, uh, I thought we agreed
on white truffles.
- [Woman On Phone]
What?
- On white truffles.
Sh, sh.
Yep, but you're still
gonna sit down.
You can
cry about it.
Hi.
Hey, baby.
Oh, this one, oh, look,
it's fun, it's fun.
Be happy.
(Eli cries)
Look, look
at the bird.
Look at the bird.
Yeah.
(Papo squawks)
(Eli cries)
It's okay.
Look.
(clapping)
You wanna clap?
You wanna do this?
I just need
five minutes, okay?
Okay?
You're a good guy.
Yeah.
You're a good guy.
(Eli cries)
Please,
I just need to poop.
Eli.
(Eli cries)
No, don't eat that,
don't eat that.
No, don't eat that.
No.
That's right.
We're gonna--
Oh.
Okay.
Okay,
we've got this.
Clean?
Vivian, Vivian.
Vivian?
Oh, Vivian.
Thank you,
sis.
Gold up in here.
(Eli cries)
There's some gold
up in here.
What is that?
Look, what's that?
(Eli wailing)
(wailing continues)
Stopped crying.
It works.
(Eli fusses)
Is that a little bit
of drool?
(foot thuds)
(soft eerie music)
(indistinct
distant whispering)
Oh...
Johnny.
(Eli crying)
(Papo squawks)
(Eli crying)
Sh, sh, sh.
(Eli crying)
(Rachel sings softly)
(Eli stops crying)
(Eli cries)
(Rachel sings softly)
(Eli stops crying)
(mirror cracks)
(Rachel sings softly)
(mirror cracks)
(crickets chirping)
Baby,
you did it.
I love you
so much.
(wind howling)
(ghostly voices whisper)
(door latch opens)
(John sighs)
Hey, honey.
Can you
hear that?
- I hear...
absolutely nothing.
- Not a peep.
Not a snort.
Not for hours.
(John sighs)
It was
the lullaby.
- Ah, your, uh,
your sister's book.
- Mm-hm.
- So, you were able to read
my translations?
- Mm-hm.
It, I don't know,
it put him right to sleep.
(both sigh)
- Thank you.
- How is this even possible?
You just got in the door.
- Ah, baby puke.
It's inevitable.
(towel snaps)
Hmm.
(gentle mysterious
lullaby music)
(zipper opens)
Oh, uh,
your dress is unzipped.
- Really?
Oops.
(gentle mysterious
lullaby music)
(baby monitor buzzing softly)
(baby monitor crackles)
(baby monitor crackles)
(scary startling music)
(tense haunting music)
(door squeaks)
(deep tense music)
(baby monitor crackling)
(baby monitor thuds)
(Papo squawks)
(metal grinding,
tinkling)
(Papo squawking)
(knock)
John?
(Papo squawks)
(Papo squawking)
(steady knocking)
(tense scary music)
(exterior door handle
ratcheting)
(Rachel gasps)
Fuck this.
(mirror cracking)
(soft eerie music)
(Rachel groans)
Mom face.
Great.
(mirror cracking)
(Papo squawking)
(tense suspenseful music)
(birds chirping)
(water splashing)
(shower door opens)
Guess who's
still asleep?
- Elias Samson Guerrero?
- Yep.
- What a
good boy.
- Yeah.
(Crone growls)
- Shit!
(scary music)
Rach.
Rach.
- It's fine.
(sighs)
- Look, I'm sorry. I saw--
- You don't have to apologize.
You had an honest reaction,
that's just life.
It's what happens.
- Hey, no,
look--
Wait a minute.
- We need
a new baby monitor.
I'm gonna
be back soon.
(door shuts)
- Hey, Papo.
Hey, buddy.
(Papo squawks)
Hi.
Yeah.
Hey.
How you doin', bud? Yeah.
I know.
Yeah, hello.
You're not mad at me,
are you?
Look at yourself.
(Papo squawks)
(speaks Spanish)
(Papo squawks)
What is that?
(Papo squawks)
Huh.
(people chattering)
(monitors crackling)
(creature growls)
(monitors crackling)
(echoing knock)
- Okay, let's
get outta here.
Hello?
(Rachel breathes heavily)
(scary music)
(Rachel cries out)
- Are you okay?
(haunting music)
(mirror cracking)
(Papo yells)
(thunder claps)
- Stupid bird,
I swear to you...
(Papo squawking)
I'm gonna make a pillow
outta you.
(Papo squawking)
(baby cries
in distance)
(thunder crashes)
(electricity buzzes)
(baby crying
in distance)
(panting)
(thunder rumbles
in distance)
(baby crying)
(Rachel shudders)
(baby crying)
(Rachel gasps)
(Rachel whimpers)
(Rachel gasping)
(door creaks open)
(scary boom)
(Rachel gasps)
- Hey. Hey.
Hey, what-what's wrong?
What happened? What happened?
- There's, I think
there's someone,
there's someone in
the apartment. I--
- What do you--
what do you mean?
- So, so, okay, so there
was a blackout,
and then I--
There, I think there's
something or someone, I--
- Did you
call the police?
- No, I didn't.
I-- I didn't.
(thunder claps)
(Papo squawking)
(thunder rumbles)
(Papo talks indistinctly)
- Hello?
- [Papo] Hello.
(Papo squawking)
(thunder crackles)
- If someone's in here,
come out.
(metal rattles)
Hey!
(Papo squawks)
(thunder crashes)
- [Rachel]
Baby, is everything okay?
- Yeah.
Stay in the hall.
(Papo squawking)
(thunder rumbles)
(John breathing heavily)
(Papo squawks)
(John grunts)
(Papo thuds)
(John gasps)
Oh, god.
Oh, shit, no.
No, Papo.
No, no, no.
Papo.
No.
My mom got him
for me.
Had him
since I was 11.
- I'm so sorry, baby.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
- Don't be.
It's not
your fault.
I did it.
(eerie music)
(John sighs)
- I, I'm...
I'm not okay.
I'm trying really,
really hard to be okay,
but I think I'm not okay,
I think I'm...
I think I'm actually
losing my mind.
I mean,
Vivian lost her mind,
she tucked
her dead baby
into his crib for,
like, two weeks.
- Rach, you're not Vivian,
okay?
You know,
we're just...
stressed.
Parents of a
newborn baby.
- I'm seeing things.
I'm seeing
this woman,
this old,
hag witch woman
in the darkness,
in the mirror,
in the freaking baby store.
I'm going--
(chair clatters)
Well, I suppose,
wife's going bat-shit crazy,
that's how
I'd react too.
- No, Rach,
you are not
going crazy.
Did you see--
Is that what you saw?
Did you see
something like that?
- That's her. That's her.
- Yeah, okay.
The other morning,
in the shower,
same creepy image
got in my head.
- Right.
So, we're just,
what, like...
sleep-deprived,
freaking
cabin fever--
- Yeah,
probably.
Most likely.
Yeah.
- But that's
not what you believe.
No, you, no.
We're seeing...
Come on, we're seeing--
- Look, Rach, I believe in us.
Okay, that's all.
Whatever this is,
whatever's happening,
we're gonna
get through this.
Together, okay?
We a team.
- Yeah.
Yeah,
we a team.
- Yeah, and this is going
where it belongs.
- Yeah.
And Eli's sleeping
with us tonight.
(baby crying)
- Baby's crying.
(John sighs)
I'll get it.
I'll get it.
You sleep.
(tense suspenseful music)
(baby crying)
Okay.
Okay, buddy.
(door closes)
(baby crying)
I'm comin', Eli.
I'm comin'.
(baby crying)
(door slams shut)
(baby crying)
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli?
Eli!
(baby crying)
What the...?
(baby stops crying)
- Hey, hey!
(scary bang)
You steal
from me, man.
That's bad karma,
man.
(door clicks open)
That's bad juju!
(door clicks shut)
(slow mysterious music)
(Eli crying)
- Hey, do you have
an alarm snooze--
snooze button
here?
(Eli crying)
(Rachel sings softly)
(ghostly voice echoes)
(Rachel sings softly)
(ghostly voice echoes)
(eerie music)
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli?
Eli?
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli, Eli.
Eli.
(scary whooshing)
(baby cries)
Eli.
(baby crying)
Eli.
(scary music)
(Rachel screams)
(panting)
(Rachel gasps loudly)
My baby, my baby,
my baby.
(Rachel laughs
with relief)
Yeah.
- Yeah.
- You gonna be
okay?
- Absolutely.
We're long overdue
for some father-son
bonding time anyway, right?
In the meantime,
Eli, he says he wants you
to relax, okay?
- Okay.
Thanks Eli.
- All right, bud,
here we go.
Opa. (sighs)
- Let me
get that.
Okay.
I love you.
- I love you more.
Bye.
(slow haunting music)
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Vivian Brown, please.
I'm her sister.
(birds chirping)
(door clicks open)
- Hey, John.
And the
little monster. Hi.
Hey. Hi.
(laughs)
What's happened?
(exhales sharply)
Do Jews
have exorcists?
- Come.
Sit.
(slow somber music)
(John sighs)
(birds chirping)
- Hey, Viv.
(slow somber music)
- Hi, Rachel.
- Can I sit?
- Of course.
- Rachel's sister,
Vivian,
came to me
with the same story,
the same questions.
- Vivian did?
What did
you tell her?
(scoffs)
You thought
she was crazy.
- Mom sent your stuff,
from storage.
- No. No, no. No, no.
I locked that stuff up.
Mom--
Mama should not
have done that.
- I found
the lullaby book.
- Did you
sing from it?
Rachel,
listen to me.
Zachary
was taken.
I sang that song,
and she came
and she took him.
- Who came?
Who is she?
- Lilith.
- Lilith
was the
first woman
made by God
to be Adam's wife.
- They would
lie together
in Eden,
and he would
sing her a song.
It was their
special song.
And whenever Lilith
heard that song
she'd come
running.
She loved Adam,
but she was a strong woman
and she refused to submit.
- The legend says
she was banished
from the Garden of Eden by God.
She roamed
the wilderness.
She lay
with wolves.
And gave birth to her own race
of imperfect creations.
- Deformed,
hungry, half human,
half--
half something else.
Lilith saw Adam and Eve
and their perfect babies,
and then she looked
at her own broken children.
And that's when she started
stealing their children.
Our children.
- And so it went
for generations,
until God listened
to the prayers
of Adam's progeny,
and he sent her
to the
underworld.
- You know the word lullaby
comes from Lilith-abi.
It means
"Lilith begone."
Mothers sing lullabies
to keep Lilith away.
But Lilith,
(chuckles)
Lilith took her
and Adam's song,
their special song,
and she
twisted it.
She turned it into a lullaby
that does the opposite.
It summons her.
I sang
that song,
and she came.
She took
my Zachary,
and that corpse
they found
that had been dead
for who knows how long, that--
that was not
my son.
I can help you,
Rachel.
I can help Eli.
I need
to help Eli.
- How?
- You have to get me
the fuck outta here.
- Rabbi, this woman,
Lilith--
- She's a myth.
What I'm telling you
are legends,
fables used for lessons
and guidance.
- Yeah, I know,
that's why I'm here.
Lilith, she's in your stories,
your fables.
(scoffs)
I'm telling you,
something's happening.
- And I wanna help.
- Then help.
There has to be
something.
A-a-a prayer you can give me.
I don't know, something.
- That isn't
how our religion works.
- Is this
what you told Vivian
when she came to you
looking for answers?
- There was nothing
I could do.
(Rabbi Simowitz sighs)
(John sighs)
(eerie music)
(music fades out)
- Rach,
we're home.
Hey, bud.
What do you say
we get out of that, huh?
And now we go
opa.
Oh, yeah, we're not gonna forget
this thing, right?
Yeah.
(chuckles)
Yeah, huh?
Rach?
(water splattering)
Shit.
Okay, buddy, I need you
to hang here, okay?
Opa. There we go.
You have the toy.
Okay?
Just for second.
Shit.
Shit.
(faucet squeaks)
(door bangs shut)
(deep foreboding music)
(Eli babbling)
(Quad Lilim gurgling)
(Eli giggles)
(Eli babbles)
(Quad Lilim grunts)
(Eli giggles)
(glass shatters)
Shit.
(water splattering)
(soft haunting music)
(glass clinks)
(dramatic boom)
(tense music)
(Eli screams)
- What, you just--
you left him?
- What?
No, I just-I just put him down
for a second.
The-the bathroom...
Is he okay?
Vivian.
- They're here.
(eerie music)
Lilith's servants.
We cover mirrors
after funerals
so our departed loved ones
don't stare at us
from the
afterlife.
So it is
with Lilith.
I thought that
breaking the mirrors would work,
but this
is better.
This is right.
- Right.
- Isn't she supposed to be
in the psych ward?
- Maybe.
- [John] So you thought
it was a good idea
to bring
your crazy sister here?
- [Rachel] Don't talk
about her like that.
- [John] Maybe this wasn't a
fire that needs gasoline, Rach.
- [Rachel] I just
thought after everything
we've been through
and experienced and, you know,
the book
was hers.
She-she-she
lost it.
- Exactly.
She lost.
She lost her baby.
She lost her husband.
She lost
her mind.
- I didn't
lose my baby.
That thing we buried
was not my child.
Lilith took
my little boy
and her Crone
killed my husband.
- I thought
a mirror fell on him.
- You don't have the
luxury of skepticism, John.
Not anymore.
You sang
her song,
and now
she is coming for Eli.
- What's
the plan here?
I mean, but how--
how do we protect our son?
- Don't take your eyes
off him.
And if you see
her Crone,
run.
(telephone rings)
Come with me.
Let's finish.
- Hello?
- [Man On Phone] I understand
you have a book.
- Who is this?
- [Man On Phone] Your rabbi said
you need help, John.
Get a pen.
- You're leaving?
- There's something
I have to do.
- Don't worry.
We'll keep Eli safe.
(Elevator arrival chime)
(engages lock)
I see congratulations
are in order.
- With everything
going on, I...
I don't think
I've even told Johnny.
That came
so easy.
(Eli fusses)
- What is it?
- No, this thought just
comes into my head sometimes.
I don't even wanna
say it out loud.
It's a horrible,
horrible thought.
What if this is the
universe's way of telling me
I'm not fit
to be a mom?
No, Rachel, no.
Don't you dare
question that.
This, this is exactly
what she does.
She gets
inside your head,
makes you ask if you deserve
to be Eli's mother,
makes you
lose faith.
You can't let her
take that bond away.
You are his mother
and you always will be.
I always
loved this lamp.
I'm glad
you kept it.
- Hey, where did the
lullaby book come from?
- Nowhere exciting.
Little antique shop
in West Nowheresville, Maine.
- Why didn't you
throw it away?
- Because it's real.
Because it proves
what happened.
(deep somber music)
(horn honks)
(deep somber music)
- It's Shabbes.
- Oh, right,
yeah.
I'm sorry.
Uh, I'm looking--
looking
for this address.
- The Dybbuk Man.
(other man spits
three times)
(deep somber music)
(siren blares
in distance)
(crickets chirping)
(pounding on door)
(pounding on door)
(John sighs)
- Unbelievable.
(sighs)
(door clangs)
- Rabbi Cohen's
waiting.
(door closes)
(woman sobbing deeply)
("We All Fall Down"
by Red Wine Hangover plays)
Remember when
plaid was in
And our hair
was all a mess
Government scandalous
There's a stain
on her red dress
We got lost
in the fame
And it all
became a joke
Just so they
know our name
Then that's all
they need to know
- Jesus Christ.
- I thought you
gave him up,
convert.
Come this way.
Need to know
(Rabbi Cohen
hums along to song)
Here comes the ground
We all fall down
(door bangs shut)
(Rabbi Cohen sighs)
- You called me
on the Sabbath.
- You brought
the book?
(book thuds onto table)
Now...
- Kinda beautiful
in a creepy way.
- We live in
kinda creepy,
kinda beautiful times,
don't we?
(Rabbi Cohen mumbles)
- My wife's parents
didn't speak to her for months
when she got
her tattoo.
- This is not classical Hebrew,
but neither is it modern,
probably from
a middle period.
- Oh.
Well, see,
it's-it's pressed.
Can't be older than
late 15th century, I'd say.
- Mm-hm.
Good.
These tattoos are
not the only reason
I'm going to be unwelcome
in a Jewish cemetery.
And as for
the phone call,
with what
you're facing,
God will understand.
(crickets chirping)
(ominous music)
(creaking)
(ghostly grumblings)
You sang this song
to make your child sleep?
- My wife did,
yeah.
- It's a clever trap,
tricking you into
taking that first step,
giving the key
that first twist.
- First step?
- The first of three...
rituals.
Lilith is close,
she's watching you,
but the door's not
open for her yet.
The song
is the first ritual,
which calls her handmaid,
the Crone,
and her servants,
the Lilim.
- Lilim?
- Fucked up,
mutant babies.
- Mutant?
(scoffs)
Okay.
(eerie music)
(door creaks)
(Quad Lilim hissing)
(guttural sounds)
- The second ritual
is a blood sacrifice
of an unclean beast
to profane your home.
- Wait, right, uh,
what-what kind of rabbi
did you say you were?
- The kind that
saves your son.
Have you had any animals
that have died lately?
Pets,
that sort of thing?
- Yeah, I had a...
a cockatoo
that died.
It was
an accident.
- A parrot.
That's unclean.
- What's the
third step?
- The third step is you have
to spill the baby's blood.
- Well, that's
not gonna happen.
- Neither would
sacrificing your pet.
Don't you see?
The harbingers
are subtle.
They manipulate.
They live to open the door
for Lilith.
If Eli spills
one drop of blood,
Lilith will come
and she will take him,
and she will leave
an imposter,
a golem,
in his place.
(deep tense music)
(Wolf Lilim growls)
(Quad Lilim grunts)
(Wolf Lilim growls)
(slow mysterious music)
(Eli cries)
- Hey, what's up?
What's up?
What's up?
What happened?
What happened?
What happened, baby?
What, sh, sh,
sh, sh, sh, sh.
Okay, okay, okay.
Hush little baby,
don't say a word
(door bangs)
(Eli's head thuds)
(Rachel gasps)
(Eli screams)
Oh, my god, baby.
(Eli crying)
Oh, my god.
Oh, my god.
(scary bang)
- Hey,
are you okay?
(Eli crying)
- I hit his head.
I hit his head
I think.
(Eli crying)
- Sh.
- Oh, he's okay.
- Shush, shush.
Oh, Vivian,
I don't know what to do.
- Here, here,
let me take him.
Okay, okay.
Sh, sh, sh,
sh, sh.
(Eli fusses)
Oh, yes, oh.
Sh, sh, sh.
Yeah,
he's good.
Hi, there.
- I'm actually--
I'm gonna take a moment.
I'll be right back.
- Take your time.
Oh.
Bye, Mama.
- You need to
recite these words.
Stevie,
please.
Those candles must burn
until dawn.
Lilith cannot come
into holy light.
You must
do these things
until the first light
on Shabbes.
Then,
and only then,
will Lilith be driven
from your home.
- So, it's like
splashing some holy water
and saying
the Our Father?
- Wake up, man.
This is about
saving your son.
Tell me, John,
why did you convert?
- Love.
And my mother-in-law.
(scoffs)
- Unfortunately,
Lilith isn't that easily fooled.
She can tell the difference
between apathy
and a true believer.
Take this.
It professes
your faith, John.
Lilith is strong,
but she's not
as strong as faith.
And that's something
you're going to need to muster.
(paper rustling)
(John sighs)
(hand thuds)
(eerie boom)
This stays here.
It is
a thing of darkness
and does not belong
in this world.
(deep somber music)
Go with God.
(chair scrapes floor)
(slow somber music)
(glasses clatter
to desk)
- Is everything okay?
- [Vivian] Yep.
He's getting ready to snooze.
(Rachel sighs)
(slow foreboding music)
- Nebech.
Poor motherfucker.
(slow foreboding music)
(cellphone buzzes)
(water splatters)
(Rachel sighs)
(car engine revs)
(slow haunting music)
(Eli babbling)
- Hi, honey.
Yeah,
I got you.
(soft tense music)
(water splattering)
[Vivian]
Into dreams
We'll follow her
Into dreams
Endless dreams
Take her hand
Come far away
To a distant world
So far away
Charming boy
Beloved boy
Find your peace
In her arms
Beloved boy
Go now to sleep
You she will guard
From every harm
- You know
the words?
(Eli babbles)
- I know everything
about her.
- What are
you doing?
- There wasn't
any other choice, Rachel.
This is
the only way.
- I don't understand.
- When Lilith
comes for your son,
I'll get
my Zachary back.
- You wanted
this to happen?
- Not want.
I needed it to.
- You, you told Mom
to send me the lullaby book.
You wanted me
to sing it.
- Yes.
No.
A bit of both,
Rach.
Every night
since Eli was born,
I sat there
praying that you'd sing
and praying
that you wouldn't.
- Give him
to me.
- She'll come.
We'll follow her
into the dark,
and we'll bring them
both home,
Eli and Zachary.
- If you hurt him--
- It's just
a little pin prick.
(Eli coos)
(tires squeal)
(eerie music)
- Fuck this.
(engine revs)
(Crone roars)
(John grunts)
(John panting)
(Crone hisses)
- Sing with me,
Rachel.
We have to
face this together,
as sisters.
Take her hand
Come far away
To the distant land
So far away
(hand slaps)
(Vivian cries out)
(Eli cries)
- You're insane.
Get outta here!
Go back
to your psych ward.
(Rachel grunts)
(Rachel yells)
(both grunting)
(Vivian yells)
(Vivian yells)
(Vivian screams)
- I'm not crazy, Rachel.
You have to trust me.
(Rachel yells)
- No!
(shelf crashes)
(Vivian panting)
(deep tense music)
(Eli coos)
(deep tense music)
Just follow me
- Vivian.
Into dreams
Endless dreams
(Rachel breathing heavily)
(Rachel gasping)
(Rachel screams)
(Rachel yells)
(eerie music)
- Rach?
Vivian?
Eli.
- Vivian.
Vivian?
(haunting music)
- Oh, no.
No, no.
She took my son.
(Rachel breathing heavily)
- Vivian?
- She took my son.
- (gasps) John.
John!
(fist thuds)
- Huh?
Huh?
What?
Rachel?
(scary music)
- [Rachel] John.
(eerie music)
(Wolf Lilim snarls)
(Rachel cries out)
(dramatic bang)
(eerie chaotic music)
(Rachel gasping)
(Wolf Lilim growls)
(Rachel yells)
(Rachel breathing heavily)
(Wolf Lilim growls)
Stop it!
Stop it! (gasping)
Help! Help!
(Rachel yelling)
Help! Help!
(echoing)
(Rachel yells
in distance)
(Rachel screams)
(dramatic bang)
- I got you.
(breathing heavily)
Come on.
(Vivian and Rachel groan)
(Quad Lilim growling)
Get off her! Get off her.
(Rachel groaning)
(Quad Lilim screeching)
(both breathing heavily)
- Where the fuck
did you bring us?
- This is
Lilith's home.
Tell me you wouldn't have
done the same thing for Eli.
We're not gonna
find them like this.
Hey, you're not gonna
find him like this.
- Get off me!
- You're not gonna find him
like this,
you need to call his name.
He needs
to hear your voice.
Call your son.
(Rachel sighs)
- Eli.
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli.
(baby crying)
(ominous music)
- Rach.
(ominous music)
- [Rachel] Eli.
John.
(baby crying)
- Wait, wait, wait.
(glass shatters)
- You have to
cover them.
- What?
- You have to
cover the mirrors.
- What?
- It's not safe.
- I can't hear you.
(mirror cracking)
(scary bang)
- You have to.
(soft bang)
(ghostly whispers)
(soft bang)
(dramatic whoosh)
(ghostly whispers)
(John gasps)
(soft bang)
(haunting swooshing)
(John speaks Hebrew)
(loud steady banging)
(John speaks Hebrew)
(steady banging)
(flesh sizzles)
(John speaks Hebrew)
(dramatic rumbling)
(tense music)
- I said shalom,
bitch.
(whoosh)
(tense music)
(John speaks Hebrew)
- What the hell?
Vivian?
(baby crying)
Eli, Eli, Eli.
(Rachel gasps)
(eerie music)
(door rattles)
(glass scatters)
(Rachel cries out)
(Rachel grunts)
(glass scatters)
(haunting music)
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli.
(baby crying)
Eli.
(baby crying)
(John speaking Hebrew)
Eli.
(baby crying)
Oh, Eli, Eli.
Eli, Eli.
- Zachary?
(baby crying)
- I can't tell which way.
I can't tell which way.
(babies crying)
(haunting music)
Eli, Eli.
(crying intensifies)
Eli, please...
(cacophony
of crying babies)
Please, just--
Please...
Please stop,
stop, stop.
(babies stop crying)
Okay, all right.
(baby crying)
Eli.
(babies crying)
Eli.
Eli.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, baby,
you're right there.
You're right there.
(babies crying)
(Rachel laughs)
- Shhh.
(babies stop crying)
(haunting music)
- Lilith.
(tense haunting music)
No.
Go away.
Leave us alone.
(Rachel grunts)
(Rachel gasping)
He's my baby.
He's my baby.
(tense music)
(Eli fussing)
Give me back my son,
you bitch.
(Rachel yells)
(Rachel grunts)
(Eli fussing)
(Rachel moaning)
No. No.
(Rachel shudders)
- Motherfucker!
(glass slices)
(Lilith roars)
Take Eli
and run.
I'll make this right.
(Lilith roars)
(dramatic rumbling)
I love you.
- (gasps) Wait. No.
(Lilith roars)
- Go, Rachel!
(Vivian grunts)
(eerie music)
Follow me
(gagging)
Into dreams
Pretty dreams
- (moans) Stop.
Endless dreams
Take my hand
- Uh...
Come away
Find peace
In my arms
Beloved girl
Go to sleep
I will guard you from
All harm
Follow me
Beside me
(haunting music)
(Eli coos)
- John.
(John speaks Hebrew)
John, John.
(John speaks Hebrew)
John, where are you?
(John speaking Hebrew)
(Rachel gasps)
(Eli fussing)
(John speaking Hebrew)
[Lilith] Follow me
Into dreams
Pretty dreams
Endless dreams
Take my hand
Come away
(mirror crackling)
To distant worlds
Far away
(mirrors shattering)
- No.
No! No!
Beloved girl
(John speaking Hebrew)
Far away
- John.
(John speaking Hebrew)
(Rachel grunts)
(glass shattering)
(Rachel gasping)
(Eli fussing)
- Are you okay?
- Oh, my god.
- You got him.
You did it.
Oh, my god.
- Oh, my god.
(dramatic bang)
(Rachel yells)
(Crone screeches)
(John speaking Hebrew)
(John and Rachel
speak Hebrew)
(Crone screaming)
Ha!
(electricity buzzing)
(both breathing heavily)
(sighs)
- She's gone.
She's gone,
she's--
(Rachel whimpers)
(John breathes deeply)
Where's Vivian?
What happened?
- She stayed.
She got us out.
(sighs)
Oh, my god.
What the...?
(Eli fussing)
Oh, my god,
baby.
No.
She switched babies.
This is Zachary.
Oh, no, no.
(Zachary crying)
(ominous music)
(birds chirping)
(zipper scratching)
- Does Rabbi Cohen know
you took it?
- No.
I was careful,
like you asked.
What do you
want it for, anyway?
(children chattering)
- [Man] Oh, you're doing it,
honey. Good job.
Let's go this way.
- You got it?
(Rachel exhales sharply)
- Now what?
(gentle haunting lullaby music)
Twinkle, twinkle
little star
How I wonder
what you are
In the dark blue sky
you keep
And often through
my curtains peek
For you never
shut your eyes
'Til the sun
is in the sky
(gentle haunting music)
(dramatic boom)
("The Only One"
by Tassia Zappia plays)
Nowhere left to run
Lost behind the
line of battle
Hiding from the sun
Resting in the
arms of shadow
I can hear you call
You're calling
my name
I'm on my way
Now, I'm coming back
to take you home
You no longer
have to be alone
I'm coming back
to bring you out
Yeah, I'm telling you
without a doubt
I'm gonna save you
'fore the day is done
Even if you're
the only one
A broken,
empty heart
Crying in the darkest cavern
A ghost of who you are
Locked inside
an ancient labyrinth
I can hear you call
You're calling my name
I'm on my way
Yeah, I'm coming back
to take you home
You no longer
have to be alone
I'm coming back
to bring you out
Yeah, I'm telling you
without a doubt
Gonna save you
'fore the day is done
Even if you're
the only one
(gentle somber music)
I can hear you call
You're calling my name
I'm on my way
Yeah, I'm coming
back to take you home
You no longer
have to be alone
I'm coming back
to bring you out
Yeah, I'm telling you
without a doubt
Gonna save you
'fore the day is done
Even if you're
the only one
(slow haunting music)
(crickets chirping)
(deep tense music)
(dogs barking
in distance)
(slow eerie music)
- [Vivian]
Don't worry, Zach.
(slow mysterious
lullaby music)
(Zach coos)
See, Zach,
everything's okay.
Yeah.
(slow mysterious music)
Sh, sh-sh.
(glass shatters)
Aaron?
(glass shatters)
- [Aaron]
Almost done.
(slow mysterious music)
(creature growls)
(slashing)
(Zach squeals, cries)
(mirror shatters)
(haunting music)
- Zach?
(gasps)
Oh, god.
No! (sobbing)
No! (screaming)
(gentle mysterious
lullaby music)
(creaking)
(Papo cooing)
- [John] Opa.
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
Hey.
- [Rachel] There it is,
my little prince,
it's your kingdom.
Here we go.
(gentle inspiring music)
Hey, buddy,
this is your room.
Hm.
(Eli cooing)
Yeah, these are all
your new friends.
You gonna say,
"Hello, jaguar.
Hello,
alligator.
Hello,
giraffe."
Oy.
Asleep.
- You ever have one
of those moments,
just like
you imagined it?
(knocking at door)
- This little kid sleeps
through anything.
(chuckles)
(cooing)
- Hi, uh,
Schoenberg?
- It's Guerrero.
Ah, yeah.
It's my mother-in-law,
that explains it.
Schoenberg's my wife's
maiden name. I can sign.
- Yeah, sure.
- Yeah.
- There you go.
- Great. Thank you.
- Oh.
All right.
Hey, Papo,
wanna say hi to baby Eli?
Hey, Papo,
look.
It's your
little brother.
Yeah.
That's Eli.
We gotta look
after him, yeah.
- It was
my sister's stuff.
- Toys that, uh,
belonged
to a baby who...
- Who died.
- I'm not superstitious,
I'm just saying.
You know,
what happened to her son,
and the whole accident
with her husband.
(Papo squawks)
(Eli cries)
What happened?
Papo scare you, huh?
Oh, come on, let's get you
over here, put you down.
Okay?
Yeah.
(Eli cooing)
(ticking clock
echoes)
Papo's a friend, Eli.
It's okay.
(Eli coos)
Yeah, it's all right,
buddy.
(book creaks)
(ticking clock
slows down)
- Got your ear.
- Oh, my god.
- And I
got your nose.
- Look at this.
It's got
writing on it.
It's got music.
It's Hebrew.
All right, Hebrew school,
let's put you to work.
(John chuckles)
- Got jokes, all right.
- Yeah, come on.
See what you got.
- Um...
(John speaks Hebrew)
It's like a prayer,
but not.
Hm.
Hang on, I got-I got
something for that.
(Papo squawking)
- That's good.
You need
a cheat sheet.
See, you probably don't
even speak Hebrew.
I think I need to
call my mother.
- Wow, wow, I mean, I think
what you mean to say is
thank you, my love, for getting
my mother off our backs
and proving your undying love
for me and Judaism
by converting,
maybe?
- Thank you, my love.
- Mm-hm.
- What was it again?
- Mm-hm.
Ah, look,
here it is.
It's a zemer.
Yeah.
- Right.
(clears throat)
It's a zemer.
- Mm-hm, zemer, it's like
a hymn, a religious song,
also like a lullaby.
It's actually
beautiful.
- It's classic Vivian.
- Can you make out
the tune?
- Um...
(Rachel vocalizing)
(telephone rings)
Okay, we don't need
a lullaby.
(telephone rings)
Hello.
Thank you.
Yeah, he came out so cute,
the little munchkin.
I can't even
tell you,
he's like
a perfect little souffl.
Um, hey,
so, right...
Where are we on
reservations?
(gentle somber music)
You think this
is too easy?
- We got this.
- You know, I bet I won't
even need the full month.
(Eli crying)
- Oh.
(Eli crying)
(car horns honk)
(Eli crying)
- Please, Eli,
just work it out.
- Okay, I'll take him
so you can, uh, get ready.
Come on,
buddy.
I'm, oh, let me
get this first.
- I know. I know.
- There we go.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, okay.
All right now.
(Eli crying)
- Yeah.
- I can't do this.
I can't-- Look at me,
I'm a freaking mess.
I can't, I can't,
I can't go in like this.
I've had, what,
45 minutes sleep this week?
- Okay, all right.
- I can't, I can't do it.
- How can
I help?
- I don't know.
The restaurant was also my baby.
(Eli fussing)
I just feel like it's
slipping through my fingers.
(Eli fussing)
- Okay.
(Eli coughing)
Okay. Okay.
Up, up.
- Oh.
- Up, up, up.
- Hey.
- Rach, love,
I saw you build
that restaurant, okay?
- Yeah.
- It's not
going anywhere, okay?
- I know.
- You're amazing.
- Well, I'm amazing at that
'cause I know how to do it.
I just, I don't
know how to do this
and that
at the same time.
(Eli fussing)
- I have no doubt.
(Rachel sighs)
Oh.
Okay, look, um,
I'll call the gallery.
I'll tell the guys,
oh, you got my--
did you get
my nose now?
I'll let them know
that I'm gonna stay home.
- I'm not even gonna--
- It'll be me and you.
- No. No.
- Yeah, me and Eli.
- No, no,
you can't.
This is your biggest
exhibition ever, baby.
- Oh.
(Eli cries)
- You gotta go
to the gallery
and make sure your
psychedelic chicken is on point.
- It's a phoenix.
- Well, you know,
at least one of us
can rise from the ashes.
(John chuckles)
I'm gonna
stay with you.
- We're gonna work it out.
- Yeah? You sure?
- I got pretty close to getting
out the door today, buddy.
- You did. You certainly did.
- I did. I got close.
- I did.
- You'll need that.
- We're gonna
work it out, buddy.
Get outta here. Get out
before it's too late.
- Okay.
- Hi.
- All right, we a team,
we a team, we a team.
- We a team, we a team.
Yeah, we totally a team.
We got it.
Oh, god.
(Eli crying)
Yeah.
I, uh, I thought we agreed
on white truffles.
- [Woman On Phone]
What?
- On white truffles.
Sh, sh.
Yep, but you're still
gonna sit down.
You can
cry about it.
Hi.
Hey, baby.
Oh, this one, oh, look,
it's fun, it's fun.
Be happy.
(Eli cries)
Look, look
at the bird.
Look at the bird.
Yeah.
(Papo squawks)
(Eli cries)
It's okay.
Look.
(clapping)
You wanna clap?
You wanna do this?
I just need
five minutes, okay?
Okay?
You're a good guy.
Yeah.
You're a good guy.
(Eli cries)
Please,
I just need to poop.
Eli.
(Eli cries)
No, don't eat that,
don't eat that.
No, don't eat that.
No.
That's right.
We're gonna--
Oh.
Okay.
Okay,
we've got this.
Clean?
Vivian, Vivian.
Vivian?
Oh, Vivian.
Thank you,
sis.
Gold up in here.
(Eli cries)
There's some gold
up in here.
What is that?
Look, what's that?
(Eli wailing)
(wailing continues)
Stopped crying.
It works.
(Eli fusses)
Is that a little bit
of drool?
(foot thuds)
(soft eerie music)
(indistinct
distant whispering)
Oh...
Johnny.
(Eli crying)
(Papo squawks)
(Eli crying)
Sh, sh, sh.
(Eli crying)
(Rachel sings softly)
(Eli stops crying)
(Eli cries)
(Rachel sings softly)
(Eli stops crying)
(mirror cracks)
(Rachel sings softly)
(mirror cracks)
(crickets chirping)
Baby,
you did it.
I love you
so much.
(wind howling)
(ghostly voices whisper)
(door latch opens)
(John sighs)
Hey, honey.
Can you
hear that?
- I hear...
absolutely nothing.
- Not a peep.
Not a snort.
Not for hours.
(John sighs)
It was
the lullaby.
- Ah, your, uh,
your sister's book.
- Mm-hm.
- So, you were able to read
my translations?
- Mm-hm.
It, I don't know,
it put him right to sleep.
(both sigh)
- Thank you.
- How is this even possible?
You just got in the door.
- Ah, baby puke.
It's inevitable.
(towel snaps)
Hmm.
(gentle mysterious
lullaby music)
(zipper opens)
Oh, uh,
your dress is unzipped.
- Really?
Oops.
(gentle mysterious
lullaby music)
(baby monitor buzzing softly)
(baby monitor crackles)
(baby monitor crackles)
(scary startling music)
(tense haunting music)
(door squeaks)
(deep tense music)
(baby monitor crackling)
(baby monitor thuds)
(Papo squawks)
(metal grinding,
tinkling)
(Papo squawking)
(knock)
John?
(Papo squawks)
(Papo squawking)
(steady knocking)
(tense scary music)
(exterior door handle
ratcheting)
(Rachel gasps)
Fuck this.
(mirror cracking)
(soft eerie music)
(Rachel groans)
Mom face.
Great.
(mirror cracking)
(Papo squawking)
(tense suspenseful music)
(birds chirping)
(water splashing)
(shower door opens)
Guess who's
still asleep?
- Elias Samson Guerrero?
- Yep.
- What a
good boy.
- Yeah.
(Crone growls)
- Shit!
(scary music)
Rach.
Rach.
- It's fine.
(sighs)
- Look, I'm sorry. I saw--
- You don't have to apologize.
You had an honest reaction,
that's just life.
It's what happens.
- Hey, no,
look--
Wait a minute.
- We need
a new baby monitor.
I'm gonna
be back soon.
(door shuts)
- Hey, Papo.
Hey, buddy.
(Papo squawks)
Hi.
Yeah.
Hey.
How you doin', bud? Yeah.
I know.
Yeah, hello.
You're not mad at me,
are you?
Look at yourself.
(Papo squawks)
(speaks Spanish)
(Papo squawks)
What is that?
(Papo squawks)
Huh.
(people chattering)
(monitors crackling)
(creature growls)
(monitors crackling)
(echoing knock)
- Okay, let's
get outta here.
Hello?
(Rachel breathes heavily)
(scary music)
(Rachel cries out)
- Are you okay?
(haunting music)
(mirror cracking)
(Papo yells)
(thunder claps)
- Stupid bird,
I swear to you...
(Papo squawking)
I'm gonna make a pillow
outta you.
(Papo squawking)
(baby cries
in distance)
(thunder crashes)
(electricity buzzes)
(baby crying
in distance)
(panting)
(thunder rumbles
in distance)
(baby crying)
(Rachel shudders)
(baby crying)
(Rachel gasps)
(Rachel whimpers)
(Rachel gasping)
(door creaks open)
(scary boom)
(Rachel gasps)
- Hey. Hey.
Hey, what-what's wrong?
What happened? What happened?
- There's, I think
there's someone,
there's someone in
the apartment. I--
- What do you--
what do you mean?
- So, so, okay, so there
was a blackout,
and then I--
There, I think there's
something or someone, I--
- Did you
call the police?
- No, I didn't.
I-- I didn't.
(thunder claps)
(Papo squawking)
(thunder rumbles)
(Papo talks indistinctly)
- Hello?
- [Papo] Hello.
(Papo squawking)
(thunder crackles)
- If someone's in here,
come out.
(metal rattles)
Hey!
(Papo squawks)
(thunder crashes)
- [Rachel]
Baby, is everything okay?
- Yeah.
Stay in the hall.
(Papo squawking)
(thunder rumbles)
(John breathing heavily)
(Papo squawks)
(John grunts)
(Papo thuds)
(John gasps)
Oh, god.
Oh, shit, no.
No, Papo.
No, no, no.
Papo.
No.
My mom got him
for me.
Had him
since I was 11.
- I'm so sorry, baby.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
- Don't be.
It's not
your fault.
I did it.
(eerie music)
(John sighs)
- I, I'm...
I'm not okay.
I'm trying really,
really hard to be okay,
but I think I'm not okay,
I think I'm...
I think I'm actually
losing my mind.
I mean,
Vivian lost her mind,
she tucked
her dead baby
into his crib for,
like, two weeks.
- Rach, you're not Vivian,
okay?
You know,
we're just...
stressed.
Parents of a
newborn baby.
- I'm seeing things.
I'm seeing
this woman,
this old,
hag witch woman
in the darkness,
in the mirror,
in the freaking baby store.
I'm going--
(chair clatters)
Well, I suppose,
wife's going bat-shit crazy,
that's how
I'd react too.
- No, Rach,
you are not
going crazy.
Did you see--
Is that what you saw?
Did you see
something like that?
- That's her. That's her.
- Yeah, okay.
The other morning,
in the shower,
same creepy image
got in my head.
- Right.
So, we're just,
what, like...
sleep-deprived,
freaking
cabin fever--
- Yeah,
probably.
Most likely.
Yeah.
- But that's
not what you believe.
No, you, no.
We're seeing...
Come on, we're seeing--
- Look, Rach, I believe in us.
Okay, that's all.
Whatever this is,
whatever's happening,
we're gonna
get through this.
Together, okay?
We a team.
- Yeah.
Yeah,
we a team.
- Yeah, and this is going
where it belongs.
- Yeah.
And Eli's sleeping
with us tonight.
(baby crying)
- Baby's crying.
(John sighs)
I'll get it.
I'll get it.
You sleep.
(tense suspenseful music)
(baby crying)
Okay.
Okay, buddy.
(door closes)
(baby crying)
I'm comin', Eli.
I'm comin'.
(baby crying)
(door slams shut)
(baby crying)
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli?
Eli!
(baby crying)
What the...?
(baby stops crying)
- Hey, hey!
(scary bang)
You steal
from me, man.
That's bad karma,
man.
(door clicks open)
That's bad juju!
(door clicks shut)
(slow mysterious music)
(Eli crying)
- Hey, do you have
an alarm snooze--
snooze button
here?
(Eli crying)
(Rachel sings softly)
(ghostly voice echoes)
(Rachel sings softly)
(ghostly voice echoes)
(eerie music)
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli?
Eli?
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli, Eli.
Eli.
(scary whooshing)
(baby cries)
Eli.
(baby crying)
Eli.
(scary music)
(Rachel screams)
(panting)
(Rachel gasps loudly)
My baby, my baby,
my baby.
(Rachel laughs
with relief)
Yeah.
- Yeah.
- You gonna be
okay?
- Absolutely.
We're long overdue
for some father-son
bonding time anyway, right?
In the meantime,
Eli, he says he wants you
to relax, okay?
- Okay.
Thanks Eli.
- All right, bud,
here we go.
Opa. (sighs)
- Let me
get that.
Okay.
I love you.
- I love you more.
Bye.
(slow haunting music)
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Vivian Brown, please.
I'm her sister.
(birds chirping)
(door clicks open)
- Hey, John.
And the
little monster. Hi.
Hey. Hi.
(laughs)
What's happened?
(exhales sharply)
Do Jews
have exorcists?
- Come.
Sit.
(slow somber music)
(John sighs)
(birds chirping)
- Hey, Viv.
(slow somber music)
- Hi, Rachel.
- Can I sit?
- Of course.
- Rachel's sister,
Vivian,
came to me
with the same story,
the same questions.
- Vivian did?
What did
you tell her?
(scoffs)
You thought
she was crazy.
- Mom sent your stuff,
from storage.
- No. No, no. No, no.
I locked that stuff up.
Mom--
Mama should not
have done that.
- I found
the lullaby book.
- Did you
sing from it?
Rachel,
listen to me.
Zachary
was taken.
I sang that song,
and she came
and she took him.
- Who came?
Who is she?
- Lilith.
- Lilith
was the
first woman
made by God
to be Adam's wife.
- They would
lie together
in Eden,
and he would
sing her a song.
It was their
special song.
And whenever Lilith
heard that song
she'd come
running.
She loved Adam,
but she was a strong woman
and she refused to submit.
- The legend says
she was banished
from the Garden of Eden by God.
She roamed
the wilderness.
She lay
with wolves.
And gave birth to her own race
of imperfect creations.
- Deformed,
hungry, half human,
half--
half something else.
Lilith saw Adam and Eve
and their perfect babies,
and then she looked
at her own broken children.
And that's when she started
stealing their children.
Our children.
- And so it went
for generations,
until God listened
to the prayers
of Adam's progeny,
and he sent her
to the
underworld.
- You know the word lullaby
comes from Lilith-abi.
It means
"Lilith begone."
Mothers sing lullabies
to keep Lilith away.
But Lilith,
(chuckles)
Lilith took her
and Adam's song,
their special song,
and she
twisted it.
She turned it into a lullaby
that does the opposite.
It summons her.
I sang
that song,
and she came.
She took
my Zachary,
and that corpse
they found
that had been dead
for who knows how long, that--
that was not
my son.
I can help you,
Rachel.
I can help Eli.
I need
to help Eli.
- How?
- You have to get me
the fuck outta here.
- Rabbi, this woman,
Lilith--
- She's a myth.
What I'm telling you
are legends,
fables used for lessons
and guidance.
- Yeah, I know,
that's why I'm here.
Lilith, she's in your stories,
your fables.
(scoffs)
I'm telling you,
something's happening.
- And I wanna help.
- Then help.
There has to be
something.
A-a-a prayer you can give me.
I don't know, something.
- That isn't
how our religion works.
- Is this
what you told Vivian
when she came to you
looking for answers?
- There was nothing
I could do.
(Rabbi Simowitz sighs)
(John sighs)
(eerie music)
(music fades out)
- Rach,
we're home.
Hey, bud.
What do you say
we get out of that, huh?
And now we go
opa.
Oh, yeah, we're not gonna forget
this thing, right?
Yeah.
(chuckles)
Yeah, huh?
Rach?
(water splattering)
Shit.
Okay, buddy, I need you
to hang here, okay?
Opa. There we go.
You have the toy.
Okay?
Just for second.
Shit.
Shit.
(faucet squeaks)
(door bangs shut)
(deep foreboding music)
(Eli babbling)
(Quad Lilim gurgling)
(Eli giggles)
(Eli babbles)
(Quad Lilim grunts)
(Eli giggles)
(glass shatters)
Shit.
(water splattering)
(soft haunting music)
(glass clinks)
(dramatic boom)
(tense music)
(Eli screams)
- What, you just--
you left him?
- What?
No, I just-I just put him down
for a second.
The-the bathroom...
Is he okay?
Vivian.
- They're here.
(eerie music)
Lilith's servants.
We cover mirrors
after funerals
so our departed loved ones
don't stare at us
from the
afterlife.
So it is
with Lilith.
I thought that
breaking the mirrors would work,
but this
is better.
This is right.
- Right.
- Isn't she supposed to be
in the psych ward?
- Maybe.
- [John] So you thought
it was a good idea
to bring
your crazy sister here?
- [Rachel] Don't talk
about her like that.
- [John] Maybe this wasn't a
fire that needs gasoline, Rach.
- [Rachel] I just
thought after everything
we've been through
and experienced and, you know,
the book
was hers.
She-she-she
lost it.
- Exactly.
She lost.
She lost her baby.
She lost her husband.
She lost
her mind.
- I didn't
lose my baby.
That thing we buried
was not my child.
Lilith took
my little boy
and her Crone
killed my husband.
- I thought
a mirror fell on him.
- You don't have the
luxury of skepticism, John.
Not anymore.
You sang
her song,
and now
she is coming for Eli.
- What's
the plan here?
I mean, but how--
how do we protect our son?
- Don't take your eyes
off him.
And if you see
her Crone,
run.
(telephone rings)
Come with me.
Let's finish.
- Hello?
- [Man On Phone] I understand
you have a book.
- Who is this?
- [Man On Phone] Your rabbi said
you need help, John.
Get a pen.
- You're leaving?
- There's something
I have to do.
- Don't worry.
We'll keep Eli safe.
(Elevator arrival chime)
(engages lock)
I see congratulations
are in order.
- With everything
going on, I...
I don't think
I've even told Johnny.
That came
so easy.
(Eli fusses)
- What is it?
- No, this thought just
comes into my head sometimes.
I don't even wanna
say it out loud.
It's a horrible,
horrible thought.
What if this is the
universe's way of telling me
I'm not fit
to be a mom?
No, Rachel, no.
Don't you dare
question that.
This, this is exactly
what she does.
She gets
inside your head,
makes you ask if you deserve
to be Eli's mother,
makes you
lose faith.
You can't let her
take that bond away.
You are his mother
and you always will be.
I always
loved this lamp.
I'm glad
you kept it.
- Hey, where did the
lullaby book come from?
- Nowhere exciting.
Little antique shop
in West Nowheresville, Maine.
- Why didn't you
throw it away?
- Because it's real.
Because it proves
what happened.
(deep somber music)
(horn honks)
(deep somber music)
- It's Shabbes.
- Oh, right,
yeah.
I'm sorry.
Uh, I'm looking--
looking
for this address.
- The Dybbuk Man.
(other man spits
three times)
(deep somber music)
(siren blares
in distance)
(crickets chirping)
(pounding on door)
(pounding on door)
(John sighs)
- Unbelievable.
(sighs)
(door clangs)
- Rabbi Cohen's
waiting.
(door closes)
(woman sobbing deeply)
("We All Fall Down"
by Red Wine Hangover plays)
Remember when
plaid was in
And our hair
was all a mess
Government scandalous
There's a stain
on her red dress
We got lost
in the fame
And it all
became a joke
Just so they
know our name
Then that's all
they need to know
- Jesus Christ.
- I thought you
gave him up,
convert.
Come this way.
Need to know
(Rabbi Cohen
hums along to song)
Here comes the ground
We all fall down
(door bangs shut)
(Rabbi Cohen sighs)
- You called me
on the Sabbath.
- You brought
the book?
(book thuds onto table)
Now...
- Kinda beautiful
in a creepy way.
- We live in
kinda creepy,
kinda beautiful times,
don't we?
(Rabbi Cohen mumbles)
- My wife's parents
didn't speak to her for months
when she got
her tattoo.
- This is not classical Hebrew,
but neither is it modern,
probably from
a middle period.
- Oh.
Well, see,
it's-it's pressed.
Can't be older than
late 15th century, I'd say.
- Mm-hm.
Good.
These tattoos are
not the only reason
I'm going to be unwelcome
in a Jewish cemetery.
And as for
the phone call,
with what
you're facing,
God will understand.
(crickets chirping)
(ominous music)
(creaking)
(ghostly grumblings)
You sang this song
to make your child sleep?
- My wife did,
yeah.
- It's a clever trap,
tricking you into
taking that first step,
giving the key
that first twist.
- First step?
- The first of three...
rituals.
Lilith is close,
she's watching you,
but the door's not
open for her yet.
The song
is the first ritual,
which calls her handmaid,
the Crone,
and her servants,
the Lilim.
- Lilim?
- Fucked up,
mutant babies.
- Mutant?
(scoffs)
Okay.
(eerie music)
(door creaks)
(Quad Lilim hissing)
(guttural sounds)
- The second ritual
is a blood sacrifice
of an unclean beast
to profane your home.
- Wait, right, uh,
what-what kind of rabbi
did you say you were?
- The kind that
saves your son.
Have you had any animals
that have died lately?
Pets,
that sort of thing?
- Yeah, I had a...
a cockatoo
that died.
It was
an accident.
- A parrot.
That's unclean.
- What's the
third step?
- The third step is you have
to spill the baby's blood.
- Well, that's
not gonna happen.
- Neither would
sacrificing your pet.
Don't you see?
The harbingers
are subtle.
They manipulate.
They live to open the door
for Lilith.
If Eli spills
one drop of blood,
Lilith will come
and she will take him,
and she will leave
an imposter,
a golem,
in his place.
(deep tense music)
(Wolf Lilim growls)
(Quad Lilim grunts)
(Wolf Lilim growls)
(slow mysterious music)
(Eli cries)
- Hey, what's up?
What's up?
What's up?
What happened?
What happened?
What happened, baby?
What, sh, sh,
sh, sh, sh, sh.
Okay, okay, okay.
Hush little baby,
don't say a word
(door bangs)
(Eli's head thuds)
(Rachel gasps)
(Eli screams)
Oh, my god, baby.
(Eli crying)
Oh, my god.
Oh, my god.
(scary bang)
- Hey,
are you okay?
(Eli crying)
- I hit his head.
I hit his head
I think.
(Eli crying)
- Sh.
- Oh, he's okay.
- Shush, shush.
Oh, Vivian,
I don't know what to do.
- Here, here,
let me take him.
Okay, okay.
Sh, sh, sh,
sh, sh.
(Eli fusses)
Oh, yes, oh.
Sh, sh, sh.
Yeah,
he's good.
Hi, there.
- I'm actually--
I'm gonna take a moment.
I'll be right back.
- Take your time.
Oh.
Bye, Mama.
- You need to
recite these words.
Stevie,
please.
Those candles must burn
until dawn.
Lilith cannot come
into holy light.
You must
do these things
until the first light
on Shabbes.
Then,
and only then,
will Lilith be driven
from your home.
- So, it's like
splashing some holy water
and saying
the Our Father?
- Wake up, man.
This is about
saving your son.
Tell me, John,
why did you convert?
- Love.
And my mother-in-law.
(scoffs)
- Unfortunately,
Lilith isn't that easily fooled.
She can tell the difference
between apathy
and a true believer.
Take this.
It professes
your faith, John.
Lilith is strong,
but she's not
as strong as faith.
And that's something
you're going to need to muster.
(paper rustling)
(John sighs)
(hand thuds)
(eerie boom)
This stays here.
It is
a thing of darkness
and does not belong
in this world.
(deep somber music)
Go with God.
(chair scrapes floor)
(slow somber music)
(glasses clatter
to desk)
- Is everything okay?
- [Vivian] Yep.
He's getting ready to snooze.
(Rachel sighs)
(slow foreboding music)
- Nebech.
Poor motherfucker.
(slow foreboding music)
(cellphone buzzes)
(water splatters)
(Rachel sighs)
(car engine revs)
(slow haunting music)
(Eli babbling)
- Hi, honey.
Yeah,
I got you.
(soft tense music)
(water splattering)
[Vivian]
Into dreams
We'll follow her
Into dreams
Endless dreams
Take her hand
Come far away
To a distant world
So far away
Charming boy
Beloved boy
Find your peace
In her arms
Beloved boy
Go now to sleep
You she will guard
From every harm
- You know
the words?
(Eli babbles)
- I know everything
about her.
- What are
you doing?
- There wasn't
any other choice, Rachel.
This is
the only way.
- I don't understand.
- When Lilith
comes for your son,
I'll get
my Zachary back.
- You wanted
this to happen?
- Not want.
I needed it to.
- You, you told Mom
to send me the lullaby book.
You wanted me
to sing it.
- Yes.
No.
A bit of both,
Rach.
Every night
since Eli was born,
I sat there
praying that you'd sing
and praying
that you wouldn't.
- Give him
to me.
- She'll come.
We'll follow her
into the dark,
and we'll bring them
both home,
Eli and Zachary.
- If you hurt him--
- It's just
a little pin prick.
(Eli coos)
(tires squeal)
(eerie music)
- Fuck this.
(engine revs)
(Crone roars)
(John grunts)
(John panting)
(Crone hisses)
- Sing with me,
Rachel.
We have to
face this together,
as sisters.
Take her hand
Come far away
To the distant land
So far away
(hand slaps)
(Vivian cries out)
(Eli cries)
- You're insane.
Get outta here!
Go back
to your psych ward.
(Rachel grunts)
(Rachel yells)
(both grunting)
(Vivian yells)
(Vivian yells)
(Vivian screams)
- I'm not crazy, Rachel.
You have to trust me.
(Rachel yells)
- No!
(shelf crashes)
(Vivian panting)
(deep tense music)
(Eli coos)
(deep tense music)
Just follow me
- Vivian.
Into dreams
Endless dreams
(Rachel breathing heavily)
(Rachel gasping)
(Rachel screams)
(Rachel yells)
(eerie music)
- Rach?
Vivian?
Eli.
- Vivian.
Vivian?
(haunting music)
- Oh, no.
No, no.
She took my son.
(Rachel breathing heavily)
- Vivian?
- She took my son.
- (gasps) John.
John!
(fist thuds)
- Huh?
Huh?
What?
Rachel?
(scary music)
- [Rachel] John.
(eerie music)
(Wolf Lilim snarls)
(Rachel cries out)
(dramatic bang)
(eerie chaotic music)
(Rachel gasping)
(Wolf Lilim growls)
(Rachel yells)
(Rachel breathing heavily)
(Wolf Lilim growls)
Stop it!
Stop it! (gasping)
Help! Help!
(Rachel yelling)
Help! Help!
(echoing)
(Rachel yells
in distance)
(Rachel screams)
(dramatic bang)
- I got you.
(breathing heavily)
Come on.
(Vivian and Rachel groan)
(Quad Lilim growling)
Get off her! Get off her.
(Rachel groaning)
(Quad Lilim screeching)
(both breathing heavily)
- Where the fuck
did you bring us?
- This is
Lilith's home.
Tell me you wouldn't have
done the same thing for Eli.
We're not gonna
find them like this.
Hey, you're not gonna
find him like this.
- Get off me!
- You're not gonna find him
like this,
you need to call his name.
He needs
to hear your voice.
Call your son.
(Rachel sighs)
- Eli.
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli.
(baby crying)
(ominous music)
- Rach.
(ominous music)
- [Rachel] Eli.
John.
(baby crying)
- Wait, wait, wait.
(glass shatters)
- You have to
cover them.
- What?
- You have to
cover the mirrors.
- What?
- It's not safe.
- I can't hear you.
(mirror cracking)
(scary bang)
- You have to.
(soft bang)
(ghostly whispers)
(soft bang)
(dramatic whoosh)
(ghostly whispers)
(John gasps)
(soft bang)
(haunting swooshing)
(John speaks Hebrew)
(loud steady banging)
(John speaks Hebrew)
(steady banging)
(flesh sizzles)
(John speaks Hebrew)
(dramatic rumbling)
(tense music)
- I said shalom,
bitch.
(whoosh)
(tense music)
(John speaks Hebrew)
- What the hell?
Vivian?
(baby crying)
Eli, Eli, Eli.
(Rachel gasps)
(eerie music)
(door rattles)
(glass scatters)
(Rachel cries out)
(Rachel grunts)
(glass scatters)
(haunting music)
Eli?
(baby crying)
Eli.
(baby crying)
Eli.
(baby crying)
(John speaking Hebrew)
Eli.
(baby crying)
Oh, Eli, Eli.
Eli, Eli.
- Zachary?
(baby crying)
- I can't tell which way.
I can't tell which way.
(babies crying)
(haunting music)
Eli, Eli.
(crying intensifies)
Eli, please...
(cacophony
of crying babies)
Please, just--
Please...
Please stop,
stop, stop.
(babies stop crying)
Okay, all right.
(baby crying)
Eli.
(babies crying)
Eli.
Eli.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, baby,
you're right there.
You're right there.
(babies crying)
(Rachel laughs)
- Shhh.
(babies stop crying)
(haunting music)
- Lilith.
(tense haunting music)
No.
Go away.
Leave us alone.
(Rachel grunts)
(Rachel gasping)
He's my baby.
He's my baby.
(tense music)
(Eli fussing)
Give me back my son,
you bitch.
(Rachel yells)
(Rachel grunts)
(Eli fussing)
(Rachel moaning)
No. No.
(Rachel shudders)
- Motherfucker!
(glass slices)
(Lilith roars)
Take Eli
and run.
I'll make this right.
(Lilith roars)
(dramatic rumbling)
I love you.
- (gasps) Wait. No.
(Lilith roars)
- Go, Rachel!
(Vivian grunts)
(eerie music)
Follow me
(gagging)
Into dreams
Pretty dreams
- (moans) Stop.
Endless dreams
Take my hand
- Uh...
Come away
Find peace
In my arms
Beloved girl
Go to sleep
I will guard you from
All harm
Follow me
Beside me
(haunting music)
(Eli coos)
- John.
(John speaks Hebrew)
John, John.
(John speaks Hebrew)
John, where are you?
(John speaking Hebrew)
(Rachel gasps)
(Eli fussing)
(John speaking Hebrew)
[Lilith] Follow me
Into dreams
Pretty dreams
Endless dreams
Take my hand
Come away
(mirror crackling)
To distant worlds
Far away
(mirrors shattering)
- No.
No! No!
Beloved girl
(John speaking Hebrew)
Far away
- John.
(John speaking Hebrew)
(Rachel grunts)
(glass shattering)
(Rachel gasping)
(Eli fussing)
- Are you okay?
- Oh, my god.
- You got him.
You did it.
Oh, my god.
- Oh, my god.
(dramatic bang)
(Rachel yells)
(Crone screeches)
(John speaking Hebrew)
(John and Rachel
speak Hebrew)
(Crone screaming)
Ha!
(electricity buzzing)
(both breathing heavily)
(sighs)
- She's gone.
She's gone,
she's--
(Rachel whimpers)
(John breathes deeply)
Where's Vivian?
What happened?
- She stayed.
She got us out.
(sighs)
Oh, my god.
What the...?
(Eli fussing)
Oh, my god,
baby.
No.
She switched babies.
This is Zachary.
Oh, no, no.
(Zachary crying)
(ominous music)
(birds chirping)
(zipper scratching)
- Does Rabbi Cohen know
you took it?
- No.
I was careful,
like you asked.
What do you
want it for, anyway?
(children chattering)
- [Man] Oh, you're doing it,
honey. Good job.
Let's go this way.
- You got it?
(Rachel exhales sharply)
- Now what?
(gentle haunting lullaby music)
Twinkle, twinkle
little star
How I wonder
what you are
In the dark blue sky
you keep
And often through
my curtains peek
For you never
shut your eyes
'Til the sun
is in the sky
(gentle haunting music)
(dramatic boom)
("The Only One"
by Tassia Zappia plays)
Nowhere left to run
Lost behind the
line of battle
Hiding from the sun
Resting in the
arms of shadow
I can hear you call
You're calling
my name
I'm on my way
Now, I'm coming back
to take you home
You no longer
have to be alone
I'm coming back
to bring you out
Yeah, I'm telling you
without a doubt
I'm gonna save you
'fore the day is done
Even if you're
the only one
A broken,
empty heart
Crying in the darkest cavern
A ghost of who you are
Locked inside
an ancient labyrinth
I can hear you call
You're calling my name
I'm on my way
Yeah, I'm coming back
to take you home
You no longer
have to be alone
I'm coming back
to bring you out
Yeah, I'm telling you
without a doubt
Gonna save you
'fore the day is done
Even if you're
the only one
(gentle somber music)
I can hear you call
You're calling my name
I'm on my way
Yeah, I'm coming
back to take you home
You no longer
have to be alone
I'm coming back
to bring you out
Yeah, I'm telling you
without a doubt
Gonna save you
'fore the day is done
Even if you're
the only one
(slow haunting music)